Library Cataloging
A new service from OCLC.
- Oclc Control Number Expansion In 2013
News from OCLC. WorldCat continues to grow! The OCLC Control Number is anticipated to reach one billion after July 1, 2013. At that point, OCLC will increase the length of the OCLC number to accommodate a variable length number string. If you use and/or...
- Oclc Application Gallery
OCLC has announced that twelve new apps have been added to OCLC Application gallery.Members of the OCLC Developer Network and participants at WorldCat Mashathons have created these apps and mash-ups.Getting It System Toolkit (GIST) for Gifts and Weed...
- Worldcat Api
Exciting news from OCLC.Now anyone and everyone can create apps and mash-ups using library data from WorldCat, the world's largest library catalog. Because the WorldCat Basic API is here!This new API is a simplified version of the WorldCat Search...
- Oaister Moving
OAIster, the union catalog for OAI records, is to move from the University of Michigan to OCLC.The University of Michigan approached OCLC about managing future operations for OAIster, which has grown to over 19 million records contributed by over 1,000...
- Isbn Tool
The ISBN Links Generator will generate various links keyed by an ISBN. The list of links includes:Google "Look Inside"Amazon "Search Inside"Amazon.co.uk sales page (with affiliate code)Amazon Web Service Item InfoOU Library catalogue lookupOCLC Audience...
Library Cataloging
xOCLCnum
A new service from OCLC.
I'd like to announce and invite you to try xOCLCnum, the latest in the xIdentifier family of Web services from OCLC.
Just as xISBN allows you to find all related editions of a book by entering its ISBN, xOCLCnum does the same thing using OCLC number.
xOCLCnum is queried using a simple URL format, and returns an XML response with both related OCLCnums and related ISBNs (if any). It is designed to be easily built in to your library application, so you can expand queries, find all related editions, or do whatever creative thing you want to do.
Background:
ISBNs have been assigned since 1970, to most but not all books published.
OCLC numbers are assigned whenever a record is added to WorldCat, OCLC's global union catalog. These records cover a large portion of all books, old and new, held by any library in North America and, increasingly other regions worldwide (most recently, National Library of China).
So the coverage range of OCLC numbers is, not surprisingly, far greater than that of ISBNs: in WorldCat, for example, around 100 million OCLCnums compared to about 20 million ISBNs.
More Information on xOCLCnum
xOCLCnum API description
- Oclc Control Number Expansion In 2013
News from OCLC. WorldCat continues to grow! The OCLC Control Number is anticipated to reach one billion after July 1, 2013. At that point, OCLC will increase the length of the OCLC number to accommodate a variable length number string. If you use and/or...
- Oclc Application Gallery
OCLC has announced that twelve new apps have been added to OCLC Application gallery.Members of the OCLC Developer Network and participants at WorldCat Mashathons have created these apps and mash-ups.Getting It System Toolkit (GIST) for Gifts and Weed...
- Worldcat Api
Exciting news from OCLC.Now anyone and everyone can create apps and mash-ups using library data from WorldCat, the world's largest library catalog. Because the WorldCat Basic API is here!This new API is a simplified version of the WorldCat Search...
- Oaister Moving
OAIster, the union catalog for OAI records, is to move from the University of Michigan to OCLC.The University of Michigan approached OCLC about managing future operations for OAIster, which has grown to over 19 million records contributed by over 1,000...
- Isbn Tool
The ISBN Links Generator will generate various links keyed by an ISBN. The list of links includes:Google "Look Inside"Amazon "Search Inside"Amazon.co.uk sales page (with affiliate code)Amazon Web Service Item InfoOU Library catalogue lookupOCLC Audience...